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Under the umbrella of the s+bi
Know-how and
group in Düsseldorf, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke are a
process engineering:
leading company with regard to manufacturing,
Optimally adapted processing and distributing specialty steel long
to the requirements products. Around 4,000 employees produce a world
of our customers wide unique product range, which is used in t he
most d iverse industries, for example in mechanical
and plant engineering, in aerospace as well as the chemical
and automotive industry.
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Deutsche Edelstahlwerke manufacture ingots, The 5 ESR units located at the site in Siegen
slabs, steel bars, bright steel, wire bars, wire predominantly supply remelting blocks for
products as well as special products from producing rolled bar steel, wire and sheet metal.
specialty steel. Larger block diameters and weights (max. 30t)
For highest quality demands, Deutsche Edelstahl- are produced at the site in Krefeld which
werke use the electroslag remelting (ESR) as well operates 3 ESR and 3 VAR furnaces. This
as the vacuum arc remelting procedure (VAR). facility supplies our forging shops as well as
Based on more than forty years of experience the rolling mill in Witten.
with both processes, Deutsche Edelstahlwerke
have excellent know-how and process engi-
neering in place, which is optimally adapted
to meet their customer‘s requirements.
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The processes
Inert gas
Cover
Electrode
Electrode
Slag
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During the remelting process, a consumable copper mould, which ensures uniform heat
electrode is melted under a vacuum. dissipation and even solidification.
The energy required for melting is created by In this mould, the resultant remolten ingot
applying an electric voltage, which generates grows to the extent the electrode melts. In
an arc between the electrode tip and the metal addition, through this process undesired
sump below, produced by the molten ingot. accompanying elements are evaporated and
oxidic inclusions are removed.
Remelting occurs under vacuum at a pressure
of only approx. 0.001 mbar. The lower part of
the remelting unit consists of a water-cooled
Remelting ingot
Rolling Forging
Bar steel Bar steel
Semi-finished products Freeform
Wire Semi-finished products
Sheet metal
Drawing
Heat treatment Wire Heat treatment
Bar
Profiles
Machining Machining
Peeling Milling
Grinding Peeling
Grinding
Turning
Drilling
Dispatch to customer
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Properties
520 x 1225,
460 x 575
390, 440, 460, 480, 510, 570, 680, 1000, 1250 295, 380, 435, 480,
680, 830, 900, 980, 1000 620, 640, 870
(all dimensions in mm)
ESR + VAR
VAR
Costs
ESR
Rapid ESR
Open-melted
Degree of purity
Normal Very good
K4 K1 K0
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Segregation profile
Low remelting speed combined with the water-
cooled mould ensures a particularly homo
geneous and balanced/stable solidification.
The segregations within a remelted ingot are
thus much lower than in open cast continuous
cast billets or conventional ingots. For this
reason, most segregation-sensitive steels are
remelted for homogenisation.
Segregation profiles in billets of ingot casting, continuous casting and ESR/VAR (schematic)
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Applications
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Corrosion-, acid- and heat-resistant steels Implants
The high-alloyed, stainless steels are used in Furthermore, high-alloy specialty steels or
the aerospace, medical and pharmaceutical cobalt base alloys are used for the production
industries, for the production of high perfor- of medical implants.
mance, highly stressed and safety-critical
components.
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Quality management and customer satisfaction
Quality management develops regulations We ensure a uniformly high quality level for all
for all important business processes which products for our customers. The effectiveness
correspond to the latest in technology, and by of our system was confirmed with the certifica-
involving all employees ensures their practical tion according to DIN EN ISO 9001, QS 9000,
application and constant improvement. DIN EN 16949, DIN EN 14001 and several other
approvals from the aerospace, automotive and
Test labs have state-of-the-art equipment. power plant engineering industries.
Their testing competence was confirmed
through accreditation according to EN 4501.
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General note (liability)
Information about the quality or usability of materials or products is for descriptive purposes only.
Confirmations in relation to the existence of certain characteristics or with reference to a certain
application require written agreement. Printing errors, omissions and changes excepted.
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DEUTSCHE EDELSTAHLWERKE GMBH
03.2011, 3000